Gateways Radio, a collaboration between WFMT Radio Network and WXXI-FM in Rochester, NY, celebrates the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, a 125+ member ensemble of African-descendant musicians. The festival's mission is to connect and support classical musicians of African descent, inspiring communities underrepresented in classical music. The debut radio season features works by various composers and performers, including pianists, saxophonists, clarinetists, and the Gateways Orchestra.

Nov 24:
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, Op. 5: No. 2, Serenade
Valerie COLEMAN: Portraits of Josephine
Fela SOWANDE: Jubilate, Go Down Moses

Dec 1:
Margaret BONDS:  Sing of the King Who Was Tall and Brown
“Chick” COREA: String Quartet No. 1
Duke ELLINGTON: Take the A Train
Florence PRICE: Symphony No. 3

Dec 8:
Astor PIAZOLLA (arr. Jeff Scott): Libertango
J.S. BACH: Keyboard Concerto No. 1
Kevin MCKEE: Vuelta del Fuego
Duke ELLINGTON: The River Suite

Dec 15:
John Rosamond JOHNSON (arr. William Grant Still): Voice
Billy CHILDS: The Distant Land
J.S. BACH: Capriccio
Edward ELGAR: Enigma Variations

Dec 22:
Valerie COLEMAN: Red Clay & Mississippi Delta
Johannes BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Florence PRICE: Symphony No. 3

Dec 29:
R. Nathaniel DETT: Madrigal Divine
Richard DANIELPOUR: From the Mountaintop
Florence PRICE: Violin Concerto No. 2
James COCKERHAM: Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing